greenery is king

Chapter 556 Important Competition
At [-]:[-] Beijing time on January [-], the second match of the Asian Cup of the Chinese team officially started at the Khalifa Stadium in Qatar.

This stadium is located about eight kilometers to the west of Doha. It is a little two kilometers farther than the last time China played in the Galafah Stadium. It sounds a bit nonsensical, but when you think about the size of Qatar, you can understand that this is an away game. Conquered.

The Khalifa Stadium has a long history and can be regarded as the national stadium of Qatar, and the opening ceremony and the first match of this Asian Cup are held here, and not only that, even the final decisive battle and closing ceremony will also be held here.

Qatar hosts this Asian Cup naturally with the idea of ​​​​making a breakthrough. It is best to embrace the Asian Cup at their doorstep, but their overall strength is indeed problematic, which also makes their sports officials exhausted. Thinking about it, it took a lot of methods to gather the teams that they thought were the most sure to beat or the easiest to beat into Group A, which was why this group seemed a bit out of date.

But they never expected that they would lose [-]-[-] to the little-known Uzbekistan in the first game, which made them only hope that they could win the second game against China in order to advance to the next round. So they put a lot of effort into this game.

The two sides have played against each other twelve times in history, and China has an absolute advantage of six wins, three draws and three losses, and the two sides have played against each other three times in the final stage of the Asian Cup, and the Chinese team has won all of them, so psychologically the Chinese still have the upper hand, but this time It is still different, because this is Qatar's home stadium, which is why even Ai Huan said some sensational things when looking forward to this game. Almost all Chinese reporters have a premonition that this game will definitely be In a fierce battle, there are countless variables on the field.

In order to avoid suspicion as much as possible, the AFC did not send a West Asian referee to enforce the game, but sent a South Korean referee, but to be honest, South Korean referees are not a better choice for China.

In recent days, Chinese journalists have wanted to contact Ai Huan for an interview, but they were all politely declined. Even after Uribe had to agree to it, Ai Huan himself refused without hesitation. Well, in his own words, before such a big battle, it is not suitable to say any more words. It is better to focus on the court when you have time.

In order to get a better understanding of China's situation, Qatar even used drones to take pictures of the Chinese team's training situation, but to their disappointment, Ai Huan just kept jogging during the training these days, while I have never participated in the overall cooperation, which also makes the whole world a little dumbfounded. What do these people want to do?But no matter what the outside world says, the Chinese team is still preparing step by step according to their own steps, but their preparation methods are not understood by others.

The Khalifa Stadium was full today, and a large number of Qatari fans poured into the field to cheer for their team. Chinese from several countries in West Asia also rushed over immediately. There were more than 7000 people in this game People poured into the arena.In order to ensure the safety of the fans in the stadium as much as possible, the Qatar organizers stopped selling tickets for Chinese fans at the last moment, which also resulted in thousands of people being blocked outside the stadium.

At this time, the field has been occupied by traditional Arabic musical instruments, and the sound made by that weird musical instrument that I don’t know what it is called is even weirder. As long as it can be played, it will make a sound that makes people feel depressed, but the whole audience rang at the same time. This sound can then cause an uncontrollable irritability in some people who are not familiar with this kind of stuff.

The more exciting Chinese war drums and other musical instruments were blocked by the Qataris, so at this time, the Chinese fans could only use their own voices to shout their own voices to suppress the lingering disgust of the opponent. sound effects.

The sound from outside could also be heard in the lounge, which made many Chinese players frown. Although it was not the first time for them to compete against a West Asian, they still couldn't bear this annoying noise.

The lineups of the two sides for this game have been determined. The Qataris set up a 4-5-1 formation. Goalkeeper Burhan, defenders Hamid, Rajaba, Majid and Janim, midfielders Lawrence, Majidi, Cazorla, Said and Ahmed, the striker just put a Sebastian.Back then, Qatar was famous for planning foreign players to play for them, and the fact that such players did not appear in their team in this cup also surprised the whole world.

The lineup of the Chinese team was also decided the day before, and now their names and formations are all placed on the tactical board in the house, and Uribe is also standing in front of the tactical board to arrange the final detailed layout of the field with his players specific tactics.

Goalkeeper Wang Dalei, the defenders Sun Jihai, Zhang Yaokun, Zhang Lindong and Xu Luyang have not changed from the previous game, but today's midfield has changed a lot, with Zhao Xuyang, Huang Bowen and Lu Peng in the midfielder, while Chen Zhichao, who is excellent in technology, is released In the forward position, Yu Hanchao and Yu Dabao, who performed well in the previous game, were all placed on the bench.Forward Dongfang Zhuo and Ai Huan were placed beside him, but Ai Huan's actual position is still a free man.

"My children, I have always emphasized that this game will be the most dangerous game in the Asian Cup group stage. Qatar's world ranking may be more than 30 places lower than ours. They may never be us in the Asian Cup. opponents, but today’s situation is completely different. The Qataris will never bear to be eliminated in the group stage, so they will definitely try their best to fight us, and the other game that has just ended Uzbekistan has already won The final victory, that is to say they have accumulated six points, Qatar must win today if they want to appear."

The players all looked at Uribe quietly. They all saw the tension on the coach's face, and everyone knew that this game would be very difficult, so they all listened quietly.

"Judging from the situation in the past two days, their off-the-ball moves will definitely overwhelm us, so I want you to keep in mind that no matter what the referee decides, no matter how the opponent kicks, you have to be steady. Mind, don’t give them an excuse to punish you.”

(End of this chapter)